Brussels is only 25 minutes away by car. It takes about 50 minutes to reach Antwerp with your car. In 48 minutes you can reach Ghent. Charleroi is 33 minutes away by car.
The nearest airport is Brussels Airport and is reachable by car in 28 minutes. The R0 (Brussels ring) motorway is accessible in 11 minutes and A8 / E429 - E42 (Halle - Tournai - (Lille, France)) will take 12 minutes. In fewer than 3 minutes, you can find a charging station ("Kerkstraat - Rue De L'Église") for your electric car. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Calevoet/Kalevoet" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 88 minutes away by foot. In fewer than 6 minutes, by car, you can be at "De Hoek" train station.
The closest bus lines are TEC Brabant Wallon - 40 - Uccle/Ukkel - Alsemberg - Braine-l'Alleud, TEC Brabant Wallon - 122 - Rhode-St-Gen./St-Gen.-Rode - Waterloo (Berlaymont) with a stand 5 minutes’ walk away, TEC Brabant Wallon - 121 - Alsemberg - Argenteuil (Berlaymont) with a stop reachable in fewer than 6 minutes as a pedestrian.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Gemeentelijke Basisschool - De Springveer", 8 minutes away by bike. The nearest high school is called "A.e.g. - Sint-Victorinstituut" and is 21 minutes' walk away. If you are looking for a nursery, "Les Petits Petons" it is 24 minutes away by foot.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Spar Rhode-Saint-Genèse" (12 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Sint-Genesius-Rode / Rhode St Genèse" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Sint-Genesius-Rode" (14 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
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